January 2014 Babies

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Outgrowing burping?

kateyblueyes wrote:

Someone once told me that once infants can sit on their own they kind of outgrow burping. My issue is before bed when dd is exhausted and passes out hard, she will not burp. Sometimes she farts it out overnight (can hear it on the monitor, she takes after her daddy lol) but sometimes she wakes up in the middle of the night with gas pains. I'm giving her Tylenol for teeth with her bedtime bottle...should I be throwing gripe water in there too? I mean, I have my nightly cocktail but I was trying to avoid starting dd out so early (before I get criticized, I'm VERY CLEARLY kidding about giving my child a real cocktail and was simply using it as an analogy.)

Mine hasn't needed to be burped in ages. He burps when he needs to without my help. He does also fart (everyone does). His brothers think it's funny but heck they think it's funny when they do too. I would say as long as she isn't getting tummy aches (arching, fussy) she's fine. I breastfeed so not sure if it other moms who bottle feed still burp.

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JLynDitz229

It's not really that they outgrow burping when they can sit on their own, it's that they don't need your help to burp as much. I pat my LO for 30-60 seconds after every nursing. If she burps, fine. If not, that's fine too. It's about 50/50 for her. During the day, she will sometimes burp herself (she just sits up straight and lets one out). She rarely, if ever, burps at night. Doesn't seem to be an issue.

Are you giving her Tylenol every single night? I'm not saying this to be judgmental, but that may be way too much and could be part of the stomach pain issue. Maybe check with your pedi, if you haven't already?

She has had a fever/virus for the last week or so and currently has a rash from having a low fever for so long. The pediatrician said to continue through the weekend so that's what we were working with. Her teething has been absolutely ridiculous and I wasn't sure what else to do. I'm going to stop w the Tylenol tomorrow night.

Tylenol or Motrin has always given all 4 of mine gas. I'm guessing it's the sugar in it.

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danielaoprea26

I ff my dd and i dont burp for 1 month , ( she is 6 1/2 months) she wasnt sitting at the time , but i tried to burp her and she didnt, so i stop and she was fine no stomach pain or anything , she burp by herself and she fart a lot ( daddy digest sistem) she is funny when she roll from back to belly sometime she fart and then she laugh lol

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LisaMWright

I think it depends on the baby ... I still have to burp my baby girl after every bottle or she he's tummy gas also . Hoping she grows out of it soon !

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talesinart

I would try the gripe water, iv'e heard it helps, also maybe try feeding her an hour before bed, so she can digest before sleep. I occasionally burp LO if he seems uncomfortable, can't hurt. BTW, not sure that baby Tylenol is safe to give every night?

The Tylenol was the infant one. Our pediatrician gave us a RX for before she hit 6m to use as needed and told us to go get the infant one once she hit 6m. I didn't give it to her tonight and within a half an hour after I put her down she had a fit. I'm PRAYING it was a gas bubble and I won't be up every hour with her overnight.

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